Leibniz Association: News

On these pages you will find a selection of research news from the Leibniz Institutes.

Limiting water stress risks
03/09/2021 · Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
To avoid a substantial increase in water scarcity, biomass plantations for energy production need sustainable water management, a new study shows.
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Do known drugs help against SARS-CoV-2?
03/09/2021 · Deutsches Primatenzentrum - Leibniz-Institut für Primatenforschung
Repurposing of already available medication for COVID-19 therapy is an option to shorten the road to treatment development. The drug Camostat could be suitable.
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Women on the board
03/09/2021 · ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research
Women on the board of companies have a positive impact on their value. A study examined the corporate board structure in seven European countries.
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When wolves became dogs
03/09/2021 · Senckenberg Society for Nature Research
Dogs are generally considered the oldest domestic animals. The European domestic dog is presumed to have originated in Southwestern Germany.
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67 trillion particles
03/09/2021 · Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
In total, about 67 trillion microplastic particles enter the Baltic Sea each year. A study offers new insights into behaviour, sinks and reduction measures.
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Intelligent plant seeds
03/09/2021 · INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials
The EU project I-Seed is developing intelligent plant seed-inspired soft robots that disperse on and in the soil to monitor soil and climate parameters.
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Potential for remote working remains untapped
03/04/2021 · ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
In Germany, many more people could be working from home. According to a recent study, only around 30 percent of employees worked from home in February.
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Gulf Stream System at its weakest
03/04/2021 · otsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Never before in over 1000 years the Gulf Stream System has been as weak as in the last decades. It is relevant for weather patterns in Europe and the US.
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Bitter and anti-inflammatory
03/03/2021 · Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology
Resveratrol is a plant compound with anti-inflammatory properties found in red grapes. A recent study has now shown that the bitter receptor is involved in this effect.
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Colonial history of North German Lloyds
03/03/2021 · Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum - Leibniz-Institut für Maritime Geschichte
As one of the largest shipping companies in the German Empire, Norddeutscher Lloyd plays an important role in the investigation of the history of colonial objects.
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Sniffing for science
03/03/2021 · Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
It is often difficult to find out exactly where individual species still occur and how their populations are developing. Specially trained detection dogs can be a help in such cases.
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Economists Panel on Germany’s coronavirus economic policy
03/02/2021 · ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
Almost half of participating economists are either “fairly dissatisfied” (27 percent) or “very dissatisfied” (20 percent) with Germany’s current coronavirus economic policy.
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Retroviruses are re-writing the koala genome
03/02/2021 · Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
An international team of scientists now demonstrate that a retrovirus invading the koala germline explains the high frequency of koala cancer.
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Niger: Women and media presence
03/01/2021 · Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient
Women gain an increased public presence in Niger’s urban space. There they do not only promote women’s preaching but also discuss women’s rights and their role in society.
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Tellurium-free and efficient
03/01/2021 · Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden
The replacement of the scarce element Tellurium makes thermoelectric technology cheaper while remaining the performance.
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Coronavirus debt poses no danger
02/25/2021 · ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
Most German federal states will return to their 2019 debt levels over the next five to ten years due to the economic growth, regardless of the maturity of the loans.
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Selection through fishing
02/25/2021 · Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
Fishing primarily removes larger and more active fish from populations. It thus acts as a selection factor that favours shy fish with consequences for the fishery.
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Berlin’s rent cap: One year later
02/24/2021 · ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
In Berlin, rents prices for properties affected by the city’s rent cap have fallen. At the same time, the supply of rental properties in the regulated segment declined.
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The mechanisms of speciation
02/23/2021 · Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Even 160 years after Charles Darwin it is still controversial if sympatric speciation is a rare or common mechanism driving the evolution of new wildlife species.
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Aquaculture in Southeast Asia
02/23/2021 · Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research
From the coastal aquaculture ponds, the water is discharged unfiltered into the coastal waters. A new study shows the impact of human-produced nitrogen.
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